Cash-register and money-changer.



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.18 SHEETS-SHEET1E KARL MAIER, OF STUTIGART, GERMANY CASH-REGISTER AND MONEY- CHANGER.

Application filed September 26, 1911.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, KARL MAIER. a citizen of the German Empire, residing at Stuttgart, in the Kingdom of lVurttemberg, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash-Registers and Money-Changers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of the present invention relates to a novel kind of cash register and money-changer and the same distinguishes itself by practical usefulness and simplicity. In this machine, the usual key rail joints strike a system of single or double-armed loops, which operate the coupling or uncoupling of the coin ejectors through their driving device in common. In this con nection, the loops are arranged in such manner that on depressing of the receipts and sales-keys the concerned ejector clutches are coupled and partly disconnected again, so that the still coupled coin-ejectors sum'up the rest of the total amount. Hereby the deduction from an amount previously registered in thethen following transition to a subordinate sort ofcoin, as from dollars to cents, or tens to ones is attended to automatically. Further, the ejectors are directly connected in groups upon-sleeves, releasable by clutches, with the driving shaft, whereby only that group of ejector-s works the sleeve of which has been coupled with the driving shaft. but the other groups remain inactive, it a sale has not been registered with them. Then the actuation oi the clutches is subjected to the ,action of several keys, so that previous registrations cooperate when a subsequent key is depressed, whereby it is rendered possible to register with one k y diil'erent amounts according to the regist utions which have preceded. The coins are stacked in coin frames and are subjected to the action of springs, whereby they are advanced and when the frame is empty of a desired sort of coin, an alarm is rung-and an arresting device stops the driving crank. wanted coin, the alarm is stopped, and the arrest of the crank is raise At the same time, as the keys are depressed. the receipt Specification of Letters Patent.

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and by the turning of the crank the indicator device is returned, whereby the ejected coins are ted into a funnel and separated corresponding to their values and escape simultaneously from the machine. For the money received, a device is provided Which is in connection with the drive and conveys the money automatically intermittently into a caslndrawer of the machine. In order to find out which frames containing coins are empty, a window is provided on a suitable Besides a door is arranged in order to remove easily the coin-frames.

The object of the invention is represented on the drawings in embodiments serving as examples.

,Figure 1 is a front view of the entire machine with partly broken off door; Fig. 2 is a rear View of the machine, while Figs. 3 and 4 represent side views with walls removed; Fig. 5 is a view seen from above of the working parts; Fig. 6 shows seen from above, the key rails and explains the action upon the rocking loops; Fig. 7 shows the arrangement of the keys; Figs. 8 to 10 showvarious positions of the loops with the double links in side view; while Fig. 11 represents the loop in sectional I ront view; Figs. 12 to 15 represent in various positions the operation of the working parts; Fig. 16 is a perspective drawing of the parts represented in Figs. 12 to 15; while Fig. 17 represents the loop divided in three parts, shown in Fig. 5 in perspective view; Fig. 18 is a perspective of the device for the actuation of the gold coin-group; Fig. 19 shows in partly sectional side view, the action or operation of the keys upon the rocking loops; Fig. 20 is a perspective of the group and coin-coupling; while Fig. 21 shows a section as seen from above; Figs. 22 and represent in side view the coupling coupled or uncoupled; Figs. 24. and 25 show as a front section the device forthe throwing out of gear of the ejector, if receipt of dollar receipt is equal to dollar sale; Fig. 26 is a side view on an enlarged scale of the arrest of the driving crank; Fig. 27 shows the adjustment of the registering wheels in side view; Figs. 28 and 29 are perspectives of the working parts of the adjustments; while Fig. 30 represents the steplike arrangement of the ends of the key-rails; Fig. 31 is a View of the registering wheels the penny-sales (Fig. 1).

from the rearof thmachineawhile Fi 32.. is a section through Fig. 31; Fig. 33 "slfows in side view the returning of the operating, parts of the registering device; Fig. 34 represents a perspective of another position of Fig. 33;.Figs. 35 to 37 show. as seen from above, as side view and sectional side view, the cash-drawers or boxes; Fig. 38 is the cash box drawn partly in section; Fig. 39 shows in side view the securing and attach-' ing of a cash-box; Fig. 40 is a perspectiveof a modification of the above attaching; Figs. 41- and 42 show as seen from above and as side view, the alarm. device; Fig. 43 is another position of the levers shown in Fig. 42; Figs. 44 to 46 are details of the alarm; Fig. 47 represents in front section the coincollecting channel; Fig. 48 shows as seen from above, the drawer-for the receipts; and Fig. '49 represents a sectional side view of the same. v

The cash register and money-changer is provided in the customary manner with a set of keys (keyboard), which consists of the single sets of keys, 23 for the dollar receipts, 24 for the cents-receipts, and 26 for The keys have rails 85, the extensions of which 86 operate upon rocking loops 11 and 27 in the usual manner; the latter are held in the normal position by spring 87 (Figs. 4, 6 and 19). Corresponding to the coin value the keyrails 85 are provided with a number of greater or smaller adjoined pieces 86, so that these can operate upon more or less rocking loops as soon as a key is depressed. The rockers have also forks 88 with articulations 12 which throw couplings 8 into or out of gear, in order.to couple the coinejeetor 1 with the driving shaft 3, so that the coin-ejectors start and eject the'coins belonging thereto.

According to the present invention, the ejector-s 1 are only loosely mounted on the boxes of the driving shaft 3 and divided 111 a number of groups, pro t'erably and best in four groups, namely: one for gold, one for silver dollars (marks), one for quarters (3, mark) and 10 cent pieces (10 pl'ennig), one for five cent pieces (5 pfennigs) and copper cents (pfennig), Fig. The e ector 1 of the gold group is loosely mounted upon a box 2, the ejector of the mark or dolla) group mounts box 89, those of the group for quarters and dimes mount a box 90 and the ejector for the copper is on abox 91 (Fig. 5). For each one of these four groups a separate coupling 4, 5, 6 and 7 lS plOVKlQd, the object of which is to couple the appurtenant box 2, 89, 90, 91, with the driv ng shaft 3. The couplings 4 to 7 are similar and. consequently, the gold coupling only is described here in detail. The samecomprises essentially a coupling roll 4 (Figs. 6, 29,23) which is connected by a link 48 with a rocking loop 47 which turnsaround a shaft 46, so that on depressing the 20 mark receipt-key the loop 47 rocks and advances therewith the links 48 with coupling roll 4. Thereby the roll 4 glides into a slot 10 of a lever16, firmly connected with box 2, and at the same time into slot 14 of a lever 13 solidly mounted upon driving shaft 3, so that on turning the shaft 3 the lever 13 is likewise moved (Fig. 22) and'if the roll 4 is advanced, that is, when coupling takes place, the lever 16 is also moved, whereby box 21 of the gold group is also turned around (Fig. 23).

For every coin-ejector the same adjustment is provided, which couplings are when the machine stops in engaging position. The same consists of the coupling roll 8, of a lever with a slot 9, mounted loosely on box 2, and a slotted lever 92 which isfirmly united with box 2. (Fig. 21.)

The operation of the couplings is in short the following: After the key is depressed, the roll 4 advances and when by means of hand crank 17 the shaft 3 is turned, whereby the lever 13 is moved onward, which raises roll 4 with lever 16, as soon as the coupling has taken place, and as'16 is fixed on box 2, the latter, and with it lever 92, is turned. As now clutch. 8 is in engaging position-the lever 92 moves lever 9 also and the latter advances then the ejector l. in order that now on turning back the shaft 3 the lever 16 and 9 return into their original position, the levers 13 are provided with a curve 15, shoulder, knob, etc., which engage, when returning, the levers 1G and 9 and move them back into place (Figs. 20, 21).

. The driving crank 17 for the shaft 3 has a catch in order that the crank 17- cannot be turned around'at will. This catch consists essentially of a knob 18, which is placed in the reach of a stop 19 of crank 17, so that the latter cannot be twisted (Figs. 16, 31). The stop 1.) is in this present case disk like, to which the rods 9-1 are secured, which-by suitable intermediate links 95 are connected with the driving shaft 3 (Fig. 20). Tu order to release thp disk 1!) the knob 18 has loops 20 and 21 upon which strike all the sales-kcys 24 and 26, and hereby rock the knob 18 in such manner that,it releases stop 19 and then cranl'ring can start. H. for instance. the driving shaft 3 is started to rock the lovers 13 solidly mounted on shaft 3 are raised, but as no keys are depressed, hence none of the group-clutches 1- to 7 is coupled, the raising'of levers 13 has no influence upon the ejectors. One or more or all groups of clutches 4. 5, 6 and 7 can becoupled at the same time and by the depression of a number of;ke vs, the ejector clutches 8 are released so that on cranking only those ejectors 1 operate the appurte- 

